Deals
BPI, Idia and Sofipaca invest in Keep Cool
Keep Cool's founder will retain a majority stake in the company following the transaction
Lone Star's Xella acquires KKR's Ursa
KKR acquired a controlling stake in the business via a debt restructuring deal in 2015
Beringea leads £1.75m series-A for DeepCrawl
Funding will be used primarily to scale up the operations of the data analytics firm
GPF Capital buys restaurant chain La Flauta
Transaction is the sixth acquisition in Spain for the lower-mid-cap fund manager
Calculus invests £2m in Origin Broadband
Deal comes just seven months after the firm invested £3m in the fibre-optic broadband provider
Sentica backs Konevuori
Konevuori will operate as a subsidiary of Finnish infrastructure construction group TerraWise
AAC fully exits Strix via £190m IPO
Listing of kettle component manufacturer brings to an end a 12-year holding period for the GP
Rubicon in exclusivity over John Lawrie acquisition
Proposed deal for metal recycling business is reportedly based on an EBITDA figure of £10-12m
Dunedin reaps 2.8x multiple on Blackrock PM sale
GP has fully exited the business after a holding period of two years and four months
Disruptive Capital sells Gentoo for an expected 15x return
Sale is expected to complete in Q4 2017, following regulatory approval
BGF invests £7m in Netcall for MatsSoft acquisition
BGF's investment is in the form of a loan note with annual interest of 8.5%
Blackstone and CVC to buy PaySafe in £2.96bn deal
Transaction would value equity in the digital payments company at around 13x its 2016 EBITDA
Calculus leads £3.5m funding round for Cornerstone
Online shaving products supplier has secured £8m to date since its launch in 2014
Erhvervsinvest agrees to buy Randers Reb
GP specialises in management buyouts and MBIs in small and medium-sized Danish companies
CDP Equity buys 46% stake in Hotelturist for €20.4m
CDP's holding company acquired a minority stake as part of a capital increase transaction
IK and Carlyle's Marle buys SMB
Consolidated business will have an extended product range and broader geographic presence
Cross divests Micromacinazione to trade investor Lonza
Fund manager fully exits the Swiss micronisation business after a five-year holding period
Equistone-backed TOM Vehicle Rental acquires Transflex
Deal is the first bolt-on by TOM since Equistone invested in the company in December last year
Stirling Square acquires Docu Nordic from Segulah
Acquirer buys the data analytics provider through its third fund, which closed on €600m in 2016
Hannover Finanz sells Koller to Nanjing Nangang
Deal ends a three-year holding period for Hannover Finanz, which acquired a 75% stake in 2014
HTGF sells stake in Evoxx to Advanced Enzyme
High-Tech Gründerfonds is selling its stake in the biotech firm after a 10-year holding period
NBRP, Chequers back Biolchim's SBO from Wise
Deal sees Wise fully exit the fertiliser producer after a four-year holding period
Blackstone-backed Cloudreach bolts on Cloudamize
Deal is the first acquisition by the cloud service provider under the GP's tenure
One Equity Partners sells Netaş
GP bought the Turkish systems integration and technology service in October 2010